[てをかえしなをかえ, tewokaeshinawokae] (exp) by hook or by crook; by all possible means [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hook \Hook\ (h[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D.
haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel.
haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. {Arquebuse}, {Hagbut}, {Hake},
{Hatch} a half door, {Heckle}.]
1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent
into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or
sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook
for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
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2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on
which a door or gate hangs and turns.
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3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an
instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
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Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook.
--Pope.
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4. (Steam Engin.) See {Eccentric}, and {V-hook}.
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5. A snare; a trap. [R.] --Shak.
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6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
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7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; --
called also {hook bones}.
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8. (Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned
landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
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9. (Sports) The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or
baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball;
in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer
who struck the ball.
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10. (Computers) A procedure within the encoding of a computer
program which allows the user to modify the program so as
to import data from or export data to other programs.
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{By hook or by crook}, one way or other; by any means, direct
or indirect. --Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or
crook." --Spenser.
{Off the hook}, freed from some obligation or difficulty; as,
to get off the hook by getting someone else to do the job.
[Colloq.]
{Off the hooks}, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.]
"In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom
I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone
out of the river." --Pepys.
{On one's own hook}, on one's own account or responsibility;
by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
{To go off the hooks}, to die. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
{Bid hook}, a small boat hook.
{Chain hook}. See under {Chain}.
{Deck hook}, a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a
ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.
{Hook and eye}, one of the small wire hooks and loops for
fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc.
{Hook bill} (Zool.), the strongly curved beak of a bird.
{Hook ladder}, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can
be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
{Hook motion} (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed
by V hooks.
{Hook squid}, any squid which has the arms furnished with
hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera
{Enoploteuthis} and {Onychteuthis}.
{Hook wrench}, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end,
instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or
coupling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
crook \crook\ (kr[oo^]k), n. [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr[=o]kr
hook, bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael.
crocan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. {Crosier},
{Crotchet}, {Crutch}, {Encroach}.]
1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
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Through lanes, and crooks, and darkness. --Phaer.
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2. Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Especially:
(a) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves
to hold a runaway sheep.
(b) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. {Pastoral staff}.
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He left his crook, he left his flocks. --Prior.
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3. A pothook. "As black as the crook." --Sir W. Scott.
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4. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
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For all yuor brags, hooks, and crooks. --Cranmer.
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5. (Mus.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet,
horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
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6. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of
thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.]
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{By hook or by crook}, in some way or other; by fair means or
foul.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
by hook or by crook
adv 1: in any way necessary; "I'll pass this course by hook or
by crook" [syn: {by hook or by crook}, {by any means}]
(ฮุค) n. ตะขอ,ขอ,ตะขอแขวน,เบ็ดปลา,เคียว,สับ,กับดัก,หลุมพราง,หญิงโสเภณี,หมัดสอยดาว,คุ้งแม่น้ำ -Phr. (by hook or by crook โดยวิธีการวิธีหนึ่ง) vt. เกี่ยวติด,ใช้ตะขอเกี่ยว,ใช้เบ็ดตก,ล่อ,หลอกลวง,ล้วงกระเป๋า,ขโมย,ต่อยหมัดตวัดหรือสอยดาว. vi. ยึดติดหรือเกี่ยวโดย [Hope]
(ครุค) {crooked,crooking,crooks} n. สิ่งที่ทอ,ไม้เท้าด้ามงอ,ตะขอ,หัวเลี้ยว,ทางโค้ง,คนทุจริต,คนหลอกลวง,โจร,ขโมย vt. งอ,ทำให้งอ,ล่อลวง vi. งอ,โค้ง [Hope]
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